concurrence of the Imperial Government and when at such port a Report of proceedings was to be made to the local British commander or the Admiralty and the Dominion officer, while in such port, to obey instructions from the British Government; (5) when a ship of the British Admiralty met a ship of the Dominions, the senior officer would have the right of command in matters of ceremony or international intercourse, or where united action was agreed upon but would have no other directing power without orders from the Dominion concerned; (6) the British Admiralty agreed to lend such men and officers as were needed by the Dominions from time to time; (7) arrangements were recommended for joint participation in fleet exercises and training; (8) "In time of war, when the naval service of the Dominion, or any part thereof, has been put at the disposal of the Imperial Government by the Dominion authorities, the ships will form an integral part of the British fleet, and will remain under the control of the British Admiralty during the continuance of the war.' were the main points decided upon. These Outside of the Conference, but associated with it, were a number of interesting events. On May 22nd His Majesty the King gave a Luncheon at Buckingham Palace in honour of the Delegates and in the evening the Prime Minister entertained them at Dinner. The attitude taken by a part of the Canadian Liberal press which strongly deprecated closer fiscal relations-notably The Globe on May 27-or any direct contribution to the Royal Navy, was met by some British Conservative newspapers attacking Sir W. Laurier for an alleged throwing of cold water on the Conference proceedings. They also found it hard to separate Reciprocity conditions from their comments on Conference proceedings. The Times, the London Globe and the Standard, the Sheffield Telegraph and Yorkshire Post, described the utterance regarding the Declaration of London as savouring of separation and Sir Wilfrid's policy in the Conference as retrogressive; while in Canada the Montreal Witness, the Hamilton Herald and the Winnipeg Free Press were amongst the Liberal papers which deprecated their Premier's attitude. It must be added that, as the days of debate went on the position of the Conservative press, generally, in England, became one of doubt and suspicion and criticism-the Morning Post and Pall Mall Gazette, and even the Saturday Review, joining in what must have seemed a curious change to Sir Wilfrid after his preceding experiences of warmhearted friendship and admiration. Expressions of surprise even came over the cable, on June 13, from Hon. W. M. Hughes, actingPremier of Australia, and from the chief of Australian papersthe Sydney Herald. London Truth, an independent Radical paper, joined in the attack as did the London World. On the other hand the Colonial Secretary (Mr. Harcourt) described the net result of the Conference as "co-operation not concentration" and this was the view of the Liberal press generally both in Britain and Canada. The London Chronicle, the Daily News and the Westminster Gazette strongly supported the Canadian Premier in everything he said or did. At Quebec, on July 10th, Sir Wilfrid Laurier was given an ovation in gaily-decorated streets thronged with enthusiastic people. In replying to a Civic address, presented in the presence of 10,000 people on Dufferin Terrace, he said it had been the old issue of Imperial jingoism attacking him on the one side and Canadian Nationalism on the other. "I am happy to have seen at the Imperial Conference the triumph of the principle which ought to be the basis of the security of the Empire; it is that every community, society or nation shall govern itself according to the opinion of the people who comprise it." Going up the River from Quebec was a triumphal procession-boats and people and flags and illuminations everywhere. At Montreal another great welcome was accorded the Premier by massed and cheering crowds numbering (Herald estimate) 150,000 with fireworks and illuminations and a really extraordinary demonstration of FrenchCanadian confidence and approval. Jan. Imperial Incidents of the Year. 1.-The New Year Honours include the following conferred upon Canadians: K.C.M.G. Knight Bachelor Knight Bachelor Knight Bachelor Dec. 31.-British visitors in Hon. Allen Bristol Aylesworth, K.C., M.P. Donald D. Mann. . George Christie Gibbons, K.C. Hon. Charles James Townshend. .Henry Robert Smith, 1.8.0. . F. S. Checkley; N. O. Coté. .. Sidney Smith; Wm. Smith. Canada during 1911 include Sir William White, the great ship-builder, Alfred Mosely, C.M.G., member of the Chamberlain Tariff Commission, Lord Charles Beresford, the Earl of Desborough, J. Ellis Barker, Sir Andrew Fraser, K.C.S.I., the Duke of Sutherland, J. Norton Griffiths, M.P., Capt. J. A. Morrison, Sir John Jackson, Bart., Rev. Father Vaughan, Rev. R. J. Campbell, G. H. Roberts, M.P., Marquess of Queensberry, Stuart Samuel, M.P., Sir William Wiseman, Lord Glenconner, Sir Edward Elgar, Viscount Bridport, Sir Frank Newnes, William Maxwell, John Lane, Prince Leopold of Battenberg, Prof. A. E. Garvie, Sidney Webb, T. Guy Paget, Rev. Dr. John Clifford, Sir Edward Boyle, Bart., Sir Reginald MacLeod, Mr. Justice Phillimore, Rev. C. Sylvester Horne, M.P., Sir Henry Lynch-Blosse, the Earl of Dunmore, v.c., Viscount Castlereagh, M.P., Sir Walter Kitchener, E. Parkes, M.P., Thomas Skinner and a group of British journalists, the Sheffield Choir, and the Scotch Curlers. From other parts of the Empire came Hon. J. S. T. McGowen, Premier of New South Wales, Hon. Frank Wilson, Premier of Western Australia, Hon. Alex. Paynton, Deputy Speaker of the Australian Parliament, Hon. J. G. Findlay,, Minister of Education, and Sir J. G. Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand, Sir Thomas Price, Chief of South African Railways, Sir Albert Gould, Senator of Australia, Sir William Grey-Wilson, Governor of the Bahamas. May 13.-A careful estimate by F. W. Field, in the Monetary Times, places British investments in Canada during the period from Jan., 1905, to April, 1911, at $890,805,626. Nov. 10.-The Rt. Hon. A. Bonar Law, M.P.-born and educated in New Brunswick-is elected Leader of the British Conservative Party. Dec. 21.-Captain Duncan Frederick Campbell, D.S.O., a Canadian, is elected M.P. for North Ayrshire-defeating the new SolicitorGeneral and winning a seat for the Conservatives. Dec. 31.-Mr. E. R. Wood's able annual summary of Canadian Bond issues states the total for 1911 at $239,992,988, of which Great Britain took $177,769,143, Canada $44,669,878, and the United States $17,553,967. Canadian corporations operating abroad issued $26,820,000 and all but $320,000 of this was taken in Great Britain. Dec. 31. Of the Imperial organizations of the year in Canada, Colonel George T. Denison remained President of the British Empire League, Mrs. Albert Gooderham was elected President of the Daughters of the Empire, and F. B. Fetherstonhaugh, K.C., President of the Empire Club. A Branch of the British Empire League was organized in Halifax on May 16, with Sir Charles Townshend as President. J. M. Clark, K.c., remained President of the Toronto Branch. Jan. 2. A Statue of General Wolfe at his native place, Westerham, Kent, is unveiled by Earl Roberts. Apl. 26-8.-The Imperial Education Conference meets in London with Delegates present from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India and the Crown Colonies. The following are the chief Resolutions: May That it is desirable that British Imperial History should have its due place in the curriculum of schools and universities. That increased facilities be granted to Teachers in order that they may the more easily migrate throughout the Empire for purposes of study and conference. That this Conference places on record its high appreciation of the work carried out by the League of the Empire in accordance with the express approval of the Overseas Education Departments. 1. In the Canadian Magazine John S. Ewart, K.C., comes out definitely in favour of Independence: "Let our independence then be acknowledged. Let us learn to regard ourselves as a nation. Let us claim the place and the rank and the respect to which we are entitled. Let us no longer be a colony, even in name, nor yet one of the Dominions beyond the Seas"! Dec. 31.-The Montreal Fund for a Memorial of King Edward VII. reaches a total of $60,000. follows: Lord Strathcona The larger subscriptions are as Sir H. M. Allan 1,000 Sir Hugh Graham 1,000 Lord Mount Stephen 1,000 C. B. Gordon 1,000 1,000 1,000 Royal Bank of Canada.. 1,000 Canadian Pacific Railway.. 2,500 Drummond, McCall & Co... 1,000 F. W. Thompson.. 1,000 1,000 Sir William Van Horne.... 1,000 Grand Trunk Railway....$1,000 H. V. Meredith. 1,000 D. Morrice 1,000 Hugh Paton 1,000 James Ross 1,000 Sir Thomas Shaughnessy. 1,000 Dec. 31.-Miscellaneous British honours conferred upon Canadians in 1911 were as follows: Vice-Admiral of the Fleet. Rear-Admiral John Denison. Hon. LL.D., University of Birmingham.. J. A. Macdonald, LL.D. Dec. 31.-Some of the practical proofs of Lord Strathcona's interest in Canadian and British affairs during 1911 may be mentioned: Y.M.C.A., Western Funds. 150.000 Y.M.C.A., Halifax $100,000. 10,000 Dec. 31.-During the year a number of men of Empire interest and association passed away-Major-Gen. Richard Hebden O'Grady-Haly, C.B., one-time Commander of the Canadian Militia died on July 9th; Henry Fowler, Viscount Wolverhampton, G.C.M.G., P.C., July 25th; Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bart., P.C., M.P., Jan. 26th; Rt. Hon. William Hillier Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow, G.C.M.G., one-time Under Secretary for the Colonies and Governor of New Zealand, Oct. 23rd; Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, Aug. 16th; Rt. Hon. Henry James, Lord James of Hereford, Aug. 18th; Rt. Hon. Henry Stafford Northcote, Lord Northcote, ex-Governor-General of Australia, Sept. 29th; Hon. Sir James Spearman Winter, K.C., K.C.M.G., ex-Premier of Newfoundland, Oct. 6th. Apl. 26. It is announced that the Commonwealth of Australia has inaugurated an Imperial Penny Postal rate. June 30.-The trade of Newfoundland for the fiscal year is as follows: Dec. 31. The following appointments of Imperial importance and character may be recorded here: XI.-RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Jan. 1. The first Report of J. P. Mabee, Chairman of Canada's Railway Commission and M. A. Knapp, Chairman of the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission, is made public by the U.S. Secretary of State. It affirms that a Treaty is desirable and proceeds: "The intended effect of such a Treaty would be to subject international carriers, within the limits outlined, to obligations and requirements corresponding to those now imposed upon the interstate carriers of this country. Το accomplish the desired result a Treaty between the two countries would be preferable to concurrent legislation; and a draft of the substantial provisions of a proposed treaty, omitting the formal parts, is appended hereto and submitted for your consideration. As will be seen, this proposed Treaty provides for a tribunal to enforce and administer its provisions to be known as the International Commerce Com. mission. Feb. 4.-The Carnegie Peace Foundation at New York, controlling Mr. Carnegie's gift of $10,000,000, or $500,000 a year, for the furtherance of Peace, states that the Peace Societies of this Continent and elsewhere will be utilized to further the Propaganda. Feb. Feb. 7. The United States Congress rejects the Long Sault Development Bill about which there has been much controversy in Canada. 7.-A Treaty is concluded between Great Britain and the United States whereby, in consideration of the relinquishment by the former for a period of 15 years of her right of Pelagic Sealing in that part of the North Pacific and Behring Sea north of the 35 degree north latitude and east of the 180th meridian, she obtained a share of the land-take from the United States herd on the Pribilof Islands amounting to one-fifth of the gross take. This arrangement was conditional upon a Conference which took place at Washington in May between representatives of Great Britain, the United States, Japan and RussiaGreat Britain being represented by Mr. Bryce and Joseph Pope, C.M.G., of Ottawa, and, on July 7th, the Treaty was signed between the Powers mentioned, under which it was agreed that Pelagic Sealing in the waters of the North Pacific Ocean, north of the 30th parallel of north latitude, and including the Seas of Behring, Kamchatka, Okhotsk and Japan should be forbidden to the subjects and citizens of the four Powers during the life of the Treaty-Dec. 15th, 1911, for 15 years. As to compensation to Canada and to Japan for giving up a valuable right, the United States agrees to give to each an annual share amounting to 15 per cent. of the gross landtake upon the United States rookeries and to make to each an advance payment, as soon as the Treaty goes into effect, of $200,000. Feb. 16. The United States Senate modifies and changes the terms of the Fisheries Treaty in a Bill reported by the Foreign Relations Committee. At the end of the year it was announced that Canada would probably not put the Treaty in operation. Mch. 16. In respect to the International Joint Commission organized early in the year to deal with certain matters at issue between |